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VINE SPRAYING MACHINE.

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JOSEPH BRAKELEY, OF FREEHOLD, AND HARRY H. BRAKELEY, OF BORDEN- TOWN,NEW JERSEY.

VlNE-SPRAYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,951, dated February26, 1901.

Application filed November 7, 1900- Serial No. 35.756. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH BRAKELEY, of Freehold, Monmouth county, andHARRY H. BRAKELEY, of Bordentown, Burlington county, New Jersey,citizens of the United States, have invented certain Improvements inVine-Spraying Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of certain improvements in the spraying-machinefor which we filed application for Letters Patent on the 9th day ofJuly, 1900, Serial No. 22,999, the objects of ourpresentinvention beingtosimplify the construction of the vine-lifters and of the mechanism forraising and lowering the same, to provide for the raising and loweringof the side spraying devices simultaneously with a like movement of thevine lifters, and to hold the vines out of the way of the wheels of themachine. These objects we attain in the manner hereinafter set forth,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 isaside elevation of our improved spraying-machine with the near Wheelremoved. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the machine. Fig. 3 is anenlarged transverse section of one of the lifter-bar supports, and Fig.1 is an enlarged section of part of one of the sprayer-supports.

The general construction of the machine is similar to that forming, thesubject of the before-mentioned application for Letters Patent, 1representing the fixed frame, 3 the supporting and driving wheels, and 4the elevated tank, the machine also having the same means as before foroperating the pump in the tank, so as to supply spraying liquid underpressure to a valved pipe 5, Whichcommunicates with a manifold pipe 6,having branches connected by flexible pipes 7 to two sets of topsprayers 8 and four side sprayers 9, so that the spraying liquid may bedirected from above and from each side upon two rows of plants.

There are in the present instance two pairs of vine-lifting l)ars-thatis to say, a pair of bars 10 for each row of plants, one bar of the pairon each side of the row-and there are also two lifter-bars 11, oneoutside of each wheel of the machine, so as to direct away from saidwheel any plants which may have been thrown down in front of the same,thus preventing the crushing of such plants by the wheels as the machineis drawn along the rows. Instead of being supported upon slides orrunners resting upon the ground, however, the lifter-b'ars 10 and 11 arein the present instance suspended from the fixed frame of the machine,so as to be raised or lowered and supported in any desired position ofvertical adjustment.

Each lifter-bar consists, by preference, of a tube, such as an ordinarygas-pipe, bent downward at the forward end, as shown in Fig. 1, and alsobent outward or away from the row of plants, as shown in Fig. 2, thefront end of each bar being also, by preference, beveled or pointed, soas to readily enter beneath vines lying upon the ground on either sideof the normal line of the row, so as to lift said vines into properposition for receiving the spray from the side spraying devices.

Each of the bars 10 and 11 is supported as to its forward end by meansof arms 12 upon a rock-shaft13, mounted in brackets 14 on the fixedframe of the machine and having another arm 15, which is connected by arod or bar 16 to an arm 17 upon a rock-shaft 18, mounted in bearings atthe rear of the ma- 8o chine and provided With an operating-arm 19,which has a suitable locking-bolt 20 for engagement with a notchedquadrant 21 on the frame of the machine, so that by manipulation of saidarm 19 the forward ends of the lifterbars 10 and 11 can be readilyraised or lowered and supported in any desired posi tion of verticaladjustment.

The rear ends of the bars 10 are supported by arms 22, depending from arock-shaft 23, 0 which is adapted to hearings in blocks 24, verticallyadjustable upon rods 25, depending from the fixed frame of the machine,and the rear ends of the outer lifters 11 are supported upon arms 26,hung to brackets 27, 5 which project outwardly from the fixed frame ofthe machine behind the supporting-Wheels 3 of the same.

Each of the arms 12, 22, and 26 has secured to or forming part of thelower end of the same a laterally-projecting tube 28, with gap 29therein, bridged at the top by a bar or plate 30, and snugly fitting inthis gap is a ring or washer 31, through which, as Well as through thetube 28, passes a stem 32, to which the ring can be secured by means ofa set-screw 33, the outer projecting end of this stem being secured to abracket 34 on a block 35, upon which is mounted the tubular lifter-baror 11, the latter having in its lower portion a segmental slot 36 forthe reception of a securing-bolt 37, passing through the block 35, asshown in Fig. 3. By loosening the nut upon this bolt 37, therefore, thetubular lifting-bar 11 can be partially turned around its axis, so as toswing laterally in either direction the downwardly-bent forward end ofthe lifterbar, while byloosening the set-screw 33, which confines thestem 32 to the ring or washer 31, said stem can be adjusted laterallythrough said ring or washer, so as to move the lifterbar bodily from ortoward the row of plants.

The tubes 28, which carry the lifters 10, also have mounted upon themstandards 38, in which'are supported the stems of the side Sprayers 9,so that any vertical adjustment of the lifters 10 is accompanied by acorresponding vertical adjustment of the side sprayers, the latter beingalso adjustable vertically in the standards 38, so as to be capable ofvertical adjustment independently of the lifters.

Each standard 38 has at the lower end a segmental foot 40, partiallyembracing the tube 28 and secured thereto by a set-screw 41, as shown inFig. 4, so that the standards are adjustable laterally on said tubes andcan be secured in position after any such adjustment.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of awheeled frame, vine-lifting bars suspended therefrom, and means foradjusting said suspending devices and securing them in difierentpositions of adjustment, whereby the lifting-bars can be raised orlowered as desired, substantially as specified.

2. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of a wheeled frame,vine-lifting bars supported at the front ends upon arms on a rock-shaftcombined with means for impart ing positive movement thereto, the rearends of the lifting-bars being mounted upon arms which are free to swingas the forward supporting-arms are vibrated, substantially as specified.

3. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of a wheeled frame withlifter-bars each comprising a horizontal run with downwardly andlaterally bent forward end, and

means for suspending said bars from the fixed frame of the machine,substantially as specified.

4. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of a wheeled frame,vine-lifting bars mounted upon said frame so as to be raised and loweredin respect thereto, and spraying devices carried by and movable withsaid adjusting devices for the vine-lifters, substantially as specified.

5. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of a wheeled frame,vine-lifting bars mounted upon said frame so as to be raised and loweredin respect thereto, and spraying devices carried by and movable withsaid adjusting devices for the vine-lifters, but adjustableverticallyindependently thereof,substantially as specified.

6. The combination in a vine-spraying ma chine, of a wheeled frame,vine-lifting bars mounted upon said frame, so as to be raised andlowered in respect thereto, and spraying devices carried by and movablewith said adjusting devices for the vine-lifters, but adjustablelaterally independently thereof, substantially as specified.

7. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of a wheeled frame, atubular vine liftingbar havingasegmentalslotinthelower portion, and asuspending device for said bar having a block with securing-bolt passingthrough said segmental slot, substantially as specified.

8. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of a Wheeled frame, avine-lifting bar, and a suspending device therefor, having a tubularprojection for receiving a stem upon which said vine-lifting bar ismounted, and means for securing said stem in said tubular projection indifierent positions of lateral adjustment, substantially as specified.

9. The combination in a vine-spraying machine, of a wheeled frame, avine-lifting bar, a suspending device therefor having a tubularprojection with gap therein, a ring or washer in said gap, a stemsupporting the vine-lifting bar, and passing through said tubularprojection and ring or washer, and means for securing said stem to thering or washer, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of the subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH BRAKELEY. HARRY H. BRAKELEY.

Witnesses to signature ofJos. Brakeley:

F. E. BncH'roLD, Jos. H. KLEIN. Witnesses to signature of Harry H.Brakeley:

CHARLES H. LEWIS, SAMUEL E. BURR.

